Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.

If you want to know the future, look at what is in your mind

A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is "I cannot stand it," and that component is enhancing pain so much.

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.

When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.

Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality